Edgar Artemas WIGG

Regimental number72961
OccupationFlax mill worker
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Wigg, 59 Buxton Road, Chingford, Essex, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 38th Reinforcements, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from New Zealand on board HMNZT No 105 Remuera on 5 June 1918
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 11 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialBeaulencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 11), Ligny-Thilloy, Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Christopher and Emma Wigg, London, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 83, p. 8